China is to commission a specialized high-level group to design and coordinate the country's "great revolution" of reform and opening-up. The move comes 10 years after the ministry-level economic reform commission was merged with the former State planning commission into the National Development and Reform Commission.
The Communist Party of China announced on Tuesday that a State security committee will be established, with experts saying the move comes amid threats from home and abroad.
China and the European Union are expected to start negotiations on a landmark bilateral investment treaty during the upcoming China-EU summit, the top EU envoy in China said.
China's major e-commerce providers have posted record sales from the Nov 11 "Singles' Day" 24-hour online shopping blowout.
By the end of 2012, China had 242 million online shoppers, up by 24.8 percent in a year. They spent nearly 1.26 trillion yuan ($207 billion) last year, up by 66.5 percent from 2011, the China Internet Network Information Center said in a report in April.
China is to fine-tune its 30-year-old family planning policy, a spokesman for the nation's top population authority says.
Major steps to reform State-owned enterprises will be taken after the four-day Third Plenum of the Communist Party of China's 18th Central Committee, which started on Saturday, said Huang Shuhe, vice-chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.
More than 3,000 street stalls along Lhasa's Yutok Street moved to a new shopping mall on Friday to better protect and upgrade the ancient city center.
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Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to keep economic growth within a reasonable range and push forward with economic restructuring.
A growing number of scientists and engineers who have worked abroad are seeking business opportunities in China after encountering career barriers overseas.
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